Section 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code allows a qualified officer to involuntary confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to themselves and/or others. A person in serious need of mental health treatment can be transported to a designated psychiatric inpatient facility for evaluation and treatment for up to 72 hours. If after evaluation, a person is deemed to need more treatment, but refuses to voluntary enroll, the individual can be held for 14 days.

-Source: California Welfare and Institutions Code

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